It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIThere is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt.
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God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us.
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Before all else, be armed.
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War should be the only study of a prince. He should consider peace only as a breathing-time, which gives him leisure to contrive, and furnishes as ability to execute, military plans.
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Men are so simple and yield so readily to the desires of the moment that he who will trick will always find another who will suffer to be tricked.
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The one who adapts his policy to the times prospers, and likewise that the one whose policy clashes with the demands of the times does not.
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair.
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One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.
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The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.
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For among other evils caused by being disarmed, it renders you contemptible; which is one of those disgraceful things which a prince must guard against.
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Since it is difficult to join them together, it is safer to be feared than to be loved when one of the two must be lacking.
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War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.
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Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces.
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Men should be either treated generously or destroyed, because they take revenge for slight injuries – for heavy ones they cannot.
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Benefits ought to be handed ought drop by drop, so that they may be relished the more.
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